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Wayfaring Stranger
03:25
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2. |
The Rapture Song
03:29
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On the day The Rapture came I woke up lonely in my bed
To the drumming of the rain on the roof above my head
On her pillow was a note that said all she had to say
It said, “I loved you as I could, but not enough to stay.”
I should not have married a Christian woman
Who’d leave me all alone
I should not have married a Christian woman
Who wouldn’t take me home with her
On that day
And the TV set still worked, cause the Devil likes the shows I watch
The milk had all gone bad, so I poured myself a glass of scotch
There were earthquakes in Japan, a hurricane somewhere down south
Fire, floods, and fury, there was smoke inside my mouth
I should not have married a Christian woman
Better than I am
I should not have married a Christian woman
Who’d leave me with the Damned
On that day
So I went down to Charlie’s bar, where I spend my share of time
The regulars had all stuck around and the jukebox still just cost a dime
I grabbed a rack and cue, but nobody would play
They said, “Boy, what’s wrong with you? Don’t you know we’ve all gotta settle up our tabs today?”
Don’t you marry a Christian woman
She’ll leave you when your bills are due
Don’t you marry a Christian woman
She’ll leave you sobered up and blue
On that day
And the church was fit to bursting with sinners were in the pews
Some were drunk, all were thirsting for a little late Good News
But the preacher’d been forsaken and he was screaming at Jesus
Cause his good woman was taken, and he was left with us
He should not have married a Christian woman
(Who’d) leave his ass behind
He should not have married a Christian woman
Who’d run away with mine
On that day
And I hope that they’re happy, wherever they may be
And I’m sure they love each other more than either one loved him or me
Don’t you marry a Christian woman
If you ain’t gonna treat her right
Don’t you marry a Christian woman
She’ll leave you in the night
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3. |
Wake Up Sinners
02:24
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4. |
Farther Along
03:34
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6. |
Believe
03:39
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I was raised in the valley of the shadow of doubt
Where the stone statues raise up their right hands and shout
Be afraid to live longer than a woman can grieve
And the cruel adulation of those who believe
I traded that valley for the alleys of the East
With their cruel cold white winters, and their cruel cold white police
Tell them bodies, “Quit your piling up,” tell the newly bereaved
“Indictment day is coming if you’ll only believe.”
But them false prophets profiteer while them hypocrites breed
Born again babes apreaching, but they don’t know how to read
Show me two honest people and I’ll grant one reprieve
To the one who says, “Forgive me Lord, I do not believe.”
After I left, he took a half inch blade six times in the back
And he bled out down by those MBTA tracks
Like the marks that he’d hammered down under his sleeves
And he never forgave all of them who believe
But his Holy Ghost traced me all the way to 51st and Pine
In his hand he held a tire iron and a half liter of wine
Don’t let his duplicitous-Christ-mystic tricks fool or deceive
Both hands hold a weapon that can make you believe
But them false prophets profiteer while them hypocrites breed
Born again babes apreaching, but they don’t know how to read
Show me two honest people and I’ll grant one reprieve
To the one who says, “Forgive me Lord, I do not believe.”
Cause God’s glory is the story of a second rate still
It’ll render you blind and against your own will
You’ll hear your pride and ambition, get up and leave
And you’ll never say nothing, and you’ll know you believe
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7. |
David's Lamentation
01:51
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